Git: Choose Your Adventure
Jan 20, 2020
Git is a mysterious beast. Out of the top 30 most voted questions on Stack Overflow, 10 of them are about git. So the obvious question is “What is
Stop before you’re stopped
Dec 8, 2019
We grew up being told to “give it your best”, “go above and beyond”, “the obstacle is the way”, “never give up”. And so
Today I learned about git and permissions
Aug 20, 2019
Today I learned that contains the permissions of the files committed to it, so when you commit a file that is executable on your machine, it will
Today I learned about view
Jul 22, 2019
Today I learned that has a alias, which opens in read-only mode. I will no more (pun intended)! I hope this helps
My git flow
Jul 13, 2019
I have yet to meet an engineer who does not like to optimise. We like solving puzzles, work with constraints and make science apply to real life.
Using multiple versions of kubectl on macOS
Jul 6, 2019
When you work with multiple clients, or maybe with one company that has clusters in different versions of Kubernetes, you need to have a
Merging two MySQL (or MySQL compatible) databases in AWS using DMS
Apr 18, 2019
Most projects don’t start out knowing exactly how their infrastructure will turn out. That is one of the reasons I like infrastructure-as-code, but
Inspired
Apr 18, 2019
Sometimes it’s easy to be inspired for me. I simply use the window of time in which I’ve allowed myself to not worry about the rest of the world and
Recommendations for Portugal
Mar 25, 2019
Carly and I are fortunate enough to know people from different parts of the World. Since Portugal and specifically Porto became famous in the
God is dead (and we are suffering from it)
Mar 25, 2019
Where once a social apparatus like the church was central, now individuals are lost in a sea of consumerism Age of Anger by Pankaj Mishra The idea
Advice to my unborn child: be a plumber and an artist
Feb 2, 2019
This is something I wish I was told from a younger age, so it’s an idea that I would like to give to my son or daughter when/if it comes. Be a
On light and shadow
Jan 23, 2019
Focus on the light emanating from the thing/person/system you are looking at. You don’t have to ignore the shadows, but by working to improve their
You can usually do more/better than you think you can
Jan 20, 2019
In the past 48h I: travelled to the other side of the planet (Portugal to Philippines) clocking over 16h of flights had strong diarrhea for the
Upkeep
Jan 19, 2019
One can measure the wealth of a place by two things: the quality of building materials and the upkeep/maintenance of what is built. The same goes
Comparing myself to others
Nov 10, 2018
Comparing to other causes stress, should I be doing it? My grandfather on my mother’s side taught me a lot. One of the nuggets he dropped at one
Fear, Procrastination. Procrastination, Fear
Oct 4, 2018
Fear has been filling the last few days. You know that feeling, which goes from slight unease that something is off, pass a big black empty hole
Liberalism and a new system
Sep 30, 2018
In the last couple of days, I listened to/read a bit about liberalism and it got me to thinking about a new system to replace it. I did not go out
Chores
Sep 24, 2018
As far back as I can remember I always attacked chores first and let the fun stuff for later. That way I could get the bad stuff out of the way and
Finding my calm place
Sep 17, 2018
Yesterday C had to do some work and then had a date with a friend, so she took the car, and I stayed home. I was having a weird day, so I sat down
Turning 38
Sep 16, 2018
I am turning 38 in a few days. I don’t feel 38, but then again what does that feel like? For the last few years, I’ve used my birthday to be
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